Turkey

64 staffers at high court suspended

ISTANBUL — Dozens of employees at Turkey’s highest court have been suspended from their jobs as part of the government crackdown in the wake of a failed military coup, authorities said Saturday. Sixty-four employees at the Constitutional Court were suspended until an assessment could be made on any possible links they have to the July 15 attempted coup, the court said in a statement. Eight other employees had already been dismissed and were detained on July 18, it said. Nearly 70,000 people in Turkey have been suspended or dismissed from their jobs, according to the latest figures cited by the state-run Anadolu news agency, affecting workers in the judiciary, the education system, media, health care and other sectors. (AP)

Belgium

Man charged with terrorist plotting

BRUSSELS — A man in Belgium has been charged with attempting to commit ‘‘terrorist murders’’ and participating in a terror group and his brother has been released without charge, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced Saturday. The prosecutor’s office said a 33-year-old man identified only as Nourredine H. and his brother Hamza H. were taken in for questioning on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following police searches Friday evening of seven houses in the city of Liege and the Mons region. Belgian prosecutors said late Saturday that Nourredine H. was charged and his brother was freed. (AP)

Pakistan

Cleric questioned in ‘honor’ killing

MULTAN — Pakistani police say they have questioned a cleric and a cousin of the model and social media star Qandeel Baloch who was killed for ‘‘family honor’’ after she posted pictures on Facebook deemed ‘‘shameful’’ by her brother. Attiya Jaffery, a police investigator in central city of Multan, says Saturday that cleric Abdul Qavi has submitted his written statement. Baloch posted pictures online taken with Qavi days before she was found dead at her family home earlier this month. Her brother, Waseem Azeem, confessed to killing her. Nearly 1,000 women are murdered in Pakistan each year for violating conservative norms. (AP)